Miyo Wratten

May we listen to the cries of this world: Avalokiteshvara, She who hears the cries of suffering in our world May we respond without hesitation: Samantabhadra, She who enacts wisdom and compassionate activity.

It is difficult not to feel ... ragey... lately. Remember to pause, go out in nature and re-fill your cup. Can't fight fascists when our internal resources are depleted. Make sure to take care of you ❤️ It's part of saving the world - you're the world, the world is you.

May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be happy.

The challenge with staying informed in the current climate is staying informed without allowing ourselves to get carried off by fear. Traditional news sources are designed to tweak our limbic system to keep us going back. Fear is also a tool used to control us. Stay informed. Not afraid.

If you, like me, are looking for sources of news that are meant to deliver information rather than stoke the fires of "us" vs "them," here are some that I've found and checked out that I have appreciated so far:

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Tangle
Straight Arrow News

What are your favorites?

Incredibly, it IS that simple. Everyone has the right to live. Period.

Blue Jay? I used to always confuse the sound of those with our squeaky clothesline.

Canada named among countries with the most freedom According to a new report by Freedom House, Canada has been named among the top countries in the world with the most freedom.

Canada has been named among the top 5 countries with the most freedom.

The United States ranked 57th.

... he clearly doesn't know the history behind such a measure .... or doesn't care. Not sure which is worse.

Mohsen Mahdawi, the Buddhist Understanding and responding to the latest college-student abduction by ICE

Yesterday, the Buddhist peace activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, was freed from federal custody. In ruling to release Mohsen, a federal judge found that he did not pose a danger to the public.

Read more about his story in the piece below.

Engaged Buddhism.

Ah yes, there's a reason I miss the Motherland.

Buddhist Wisdom for Working with Political Division with Tania Israel The Lion’s Roar Podcast · Episode

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This law should never have been invoked. The internment of Japanese Americans should never have happened. Internment like this should never happen again. War or not, targeting any one type of person to ship away or incarcerate is a dangerous mindset. Only steps away from another Holocaust.

#RoseWednesday 🥀
#WednesdayWisdom

Well, say goodbye to the US tourism industry, folks. Nice job.

I lived there for a handful of years, and I wish I could say this surprises me ... it doesn't. Glad you all are safe!

If you don't have this book. Order a HARD COPY now. Read it. Recognize that much of what happens in the book, is happening now in the U.S. Then, resist. With everything that is in you.

How to Stay Engaged without Burning Out with Daisy Hernández Tricycle Talks · Episode

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I just followed her - thank you for sharing! Just going through her past posts made me smile so much. Looking forward to more happy pups!!!

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Closeup of the face of a chocolate lab whose ears are laid back but he is smiling.

Closeup of someone giving scritches to a chocolate labs neck. The chocolate labs face is in the closeup. He is looking away from the camera and we can see he is enjoying the attention.

Yesterday was our last day with this sweet, grumpy old brown bear we called Cooper. It all happened so unexpectedly, but we are glad we could help him make his transition into the next life. I'll look for you in the skies with the birds you wanted so badly to catch ❤️

Now that I posted this, I'd like to edit it to re-word the first line to: the beauty of impermanence is that it makes room for joy in dark places. I need an editor for my posts 🤣

The joy of impermanence is that it makes room for joy in dark places. It's the fireflies at midnight, it's the beauty of the hooting owl in obscured branches, it's finding love where the waters were once too muddied to perceive it.

The chaotic evil nature of geese, as captured by a Roshi 😊🤣

Oh Target, I'm so disappointed in you. You used to be all about diversity and equity, but apparently that was all just an act, because when we really believe in something, we stand up for it in the face of adversity. Instead, you're pandering to and falling in step with the powers that be.

Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened The theater organization says it recently received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding.

Resistance isn't always about violence. Sometimes it's stuff like this - standing up for what you know in your heart is right, and loudly declaring it to be so.
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I love her. Please tell her I say henlo ❤️